I have a bunch of white spots on my arms. I've noticed them over the past year, but I'm so pale they don't show up much. I guess I am seeing them more now after getting some sun while driving. They dont do anything, it or feel weird and are perfectly smooth. I was ignoring them, but I noticed a few new spots today, all large freckle size or smaller.

Any ideas?

I don't want to bring them up with my doctor unless I really need to. I always have such a long list of crepe to discuss that I feel like a freaking hypochondriac. Plus, I can't go back to see her because I haven't made any of my specialty appointments yet (all 4 of them; can't afford more co-pays right now). If I go see her, she will lecture me about needing the follow-up endoscopy that really can't afford again any time soon.

Blech.

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It is really not extreme! I have it, as do most of the women in my family. It's thought to be some sort of auto immune thing, and it's not generally indicative of a bigger problem... You just have spots where your skin loses its pigmentation.

(It's one of the least gross maladies I have ever seen google images for, though extreme cases are weird looking!)

ETA: the "it" here being vitiligo.

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Maybe there's something you can do about heavy periods? That's what screwed up my stores and you've hinted at this being a problem in other threads. Luckily, I tolerate both tranexamic acid and NSAIDs well and they work for me.

One of the specialists I need to go to for the anemia. I just don't have the money left for more copays when I'm still struggling with the physical therapy and I'm now unemployed.

I know bisqueing about copays when many don't even have insurance seems bisque-y, but they add up! On top of medications, those $30-50 visits are tough when there are multiples and then copays for tests too. I'd need about $450 to do all the things I'm supposed to do (including endoscopy with anesthesia). But when everything is just in a mountain of small bills, they won't work with you. All my physical therapy bills are under $100 and each visit is a new account number, so they won't even do a payment plan.

It's frustrating. And scary, since I'm trying to figure out which meds to stop taking since any money I have until October will go to the iron supplements.

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